Hong Kang opened "Three Teachings into the Theory of Changes", and the opening chapter was Hao Datong's quotations on learning Taoism.
"Since you are a monk, you must forget all worries and always be content with what you have. What is the use of accumulating two liters of food a day? A year's worth of clothing, what else can you ask for outside of yourself? A day of leisure is a day of immortality."
Hong Kang muttered to himself: "Be patient with shame and suffer evil to benefit others?! This is the missionary purpose of Chongyangzi."
Hong Kang was still partially aware of Wang Chongyang’s Quanzhen philosophy.
The main Quanzhen Taoist tradition now has many branches.
But from these passages of Hao Datong, Hong Kang saw that Hao Datong seemed to regard himself more as a Taoist rather than a person in the world.
"For daily use, you should practice Qi in quiet places, practice your spirit in noisy places, walk, stand, sit and lie down, these are all Tao."
"If a cultivator does not surrender his mind, even if he has been a monk for many years, he will be of no use because he has not seen his nature. If he does not see his nature, how can he maintain his life? If his life is not prepared, how can it be fulfilled? Why is this? There is a disease of the heart. "
"If you want to join my religion, you must first cultivate your mind. If your mind does not wander outside, your mind will naturally be calm and your energy will be harmonious. When your energy and spirit are harmonious, the three fields will tie together by themselves; when the three fields are tied together, the grass will grow by itself..."
This quotation is not long, and Hong Kang finished reading it in less than a quarter of an hour.
It talks about various concepts and ideas and does not involve any practice. The method of moving Qi.
However, Hong Kang remembered some of the excerpts handed down by Zhang Boduan, the "Zhenzi Yang Zhenren" that he had watched in Chongdao, Tiantai Mountain, and compared the two.
I have a rough judgment on the cultivation concepts of the Northern and Southern Quanzhen sects.
"Compared to the Southern Sect, the Quanzhen Northern Sect's cultivation focuses on purity, with "knowing the mind and nature" as the first priority, and based on refining the mind and body, while at the same time practicing without wasting the essence."
A look of enlightenment flashed in Hong Kang's eyes, and he said: "No wonder Hao Datong created the Zixia Kung Fu in his later years, which is a Kung Fu that combines mind, energy and strength!"
Then, Hong Kang read through all the remaining Taoist classics such as "The Direct Statement of Teaching", "The Interpretation of the Heart Sutra", "The Interpretation of the Suffering Sutra", "A Brief Interpretation of Zhouyi Shen Tongqi", "Taiyi Tu" and so on. .
Some he had already seen, some he had only seen part of, and some Hong Kang had never seen before. But after reading them all, they were of little practical help to Hong Kang. They only focused on "sex" and "fate". The explanation of the direction, especially the statement that "the gods come to the house" made Hong Kang think deeply.
What does "the gods come to the house" mean? ?
Hong Kang recalled that in the article "Guanzi·Neiye", after proposing the "heart of the heart", he immediately said: "There is a god in the body, coming and going, no one can think about it... Respect it and get rid of it." , the essence will come naturally."
"She" is a metaphor for the residence of "spirit".
It is also said in "Human World": "If a husband relies on his ears and eyes to understand the inner world but not the outer world, he will be able to give up on ghosts and gods in the future."
"Zhibeiyou" also says: "If you empty your desires, the gods will stay. If you sweep away the uncleanness, the gods will stay."
If "living alone with the gods" is the realm of Taoism pursued by Taoists, then "mind skills" such as introverted consciousness, mental unity, and sensory control demonstrate the methods and realm of this spiritual practice.
"The essence of the Supreme Tao is graceful and graceful; the extreme of the Tao is dim and silent. Ignore and do not listen, hold the spirit in silence, and the body will straighten itself... When you lose your body, you will lose your intelligence, and you will forget about ethics and things. They are the same. Ming. Explain the mind and spirit, but there is no soul. All things are like this, each returning to its roots..."
This is describing a rather mysterious experience.
Hong Kang can now see the "god in the body" in his spiritual realm. These are the extremely fine and sensitive acupoints of the human body, but it is still impossible to make him "always live with the gods".
"But, is Hao Datong's realm so lofty?"
According to Hong Kang's opinion, if Hao Datong's realm in his later years has reached such a subtle and mysterious realm, then the reputation of the "Huashan Sect" should be as high as that of the "Quanzhen Sect" back then? !
At the end of the page, Hong Kang noticed a line of text.
"This is an excerpt from what our ancestor Chongyangzi said."
Only then did Hong Kang understand.
"It turns out to be Wang Chongyang's realization!"
"Looking at it this way, Wang Chongyang has at least had the experience of "entering the acupuncture points divinely". This is already one step ahead of me. Could it be that there is a method on how to cultivate the acupoints in "Xiantian Gong"??"
"It's a pity that there are no words left here. There is no way to know whether my guess is correct!"
This time, after reading the collection of books of the Huashan School, although it did not substantially improve Hong Kang's ability, it confirmed the feasibility of Hong Kang's "training skills" idea.
Hong Kang has been able to see the "god in the body", but what he lacks now is how to let the spirit settle in the acupoints.
I remembered that when I looked inside my mind, I saw various points of light, the number of which was comparable to the stars in the sky.
Hong Kang sighed: "This is a big project!!"
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Descend from Mount Huashan.
Pang Qingyang asked: "Brother, shall we go home now?"
Hong Kang counted the days and found that there were still more than ten months until Spring Festival next year, so there was still plenty of time.
Said: "No, let's go west first. Let's go to Tibet."
"Tibet? Is it for the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu"?"
Of course Pang Qingyang didn't know about "Dragon and Elephant Prajna Kung Fu". Hong Kang had mentioned it when he introduced some martial arts to him.
"good."
"Brother, you said before that the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu" is a tantric magical power to protect the Dharma, but it is widely spread in Tibet. Aren't their tantric sects afraid that their martial arts will be exposed and people will find flaws to target them??"
"This "Dragon and Elephant Prajna Kung Fu" is a physical training martial arts. After it is completed, the body will be strong and the blood will be like a dragon. The power of the martial arts will naturally double. As for why it is spread throughout Tibet, I don't know what those lamas are. What’s your idea?”
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Huashan, thinking over the cliff.
Feng Qingyang slowly performed the exercises on the mountains and clouds.
There was a low buzzing sound coming from him, like the muffled thunder that comes when dark clouds roll in before rain.
"Huh~~!"
Feng Qingyang took a long breath, and a little bit of gray accompanied the breath.
"Crackling~"
As the saying goes, when you get older, you don’t use your muscles and bones for your strength.
It can be heard that Feng Qingyang's muscles and bones are roaring, and he is tougher than the youngest young man.
Most of his white hair has now turned black again.
Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze and the others were shocked when they saw him again, and then they all congratulated Feng Qingyang for his breakthrough in martial arts.
In their understanding, the inner strength is so profound that turning gray hair into black is not unacceptable.
Taoist internal strength has a certain beauty effect!
Feng Qingyang felt the vitality in his body, as if he had returned to more than ten years ago.
and--
When he clenched his fist, his strength increased a lot.
It should be noted that he has never practiced any horizontal kung fu.
This is because he has just started to perform [Marrow Change]. When the time comes, he will completely change the marrow and be reborn...
"Perhaps what I once envisioned, converting all the zhenqi into sword energy, can be realized!?"
After Feng Qingyang had condensed his sword intention before, he consciously combined his sharp energy and true energy, but his meridians could not withstand the stabbing force.
He knew that the problem was that his body was not strong enough.
But he is already so old that it is impossible for him to practice the kind of horizontal and rowing skills.
"Girl Ning, there is a gap in the cave. Go in and have a look!"
"You decide what to do with the things on the walls inside."
Feng Qingyang finally told them what happened in the cave.
Of course, those so-called strange moves that could defeat the swordsmanship of the Five Mountains Sword Sect were simply not in his eyes, which was also one of the reasons.
Ning Zhongze felt strange for a while. Isn't it just a cave inside? What could be there?
But after she entered, a moment later there was a scream.
"How can it be??!"
When Yue Buqun heard his wife's exclamation, he felt anxious and said, "Uncle Feng, what's in that cave?"
For a moment, he didn't pay attention to his tone. '
Feng Qingyang said happily: "Want to know? Just go in and see for yourself!"
After receiving permission, Yue Buqun crossed over in two or two steps.
After finding his wife, Ning Zhongze looked sad and his eyes were blank.
"Senior brother...our Huashan's swordsmanship has been broken by others~! Look..."
"What?!"
Yue Buqun was startled and his head suddenly turned around.
Looking closely, I saw that the mountain wall was covered with crooked lines. Those lines looked like human shapes. At first glance, there were five or six hundred human shapes.
Next to these human figures, a line of writing suddenly appeared: "Zhang Chengyun and Zhang Chengfeng have broken through Huashan's sword skills."
Yue Buqun immediately shouted in shock and anger: "Shameless rats, extremely bold and arrogant!!"
"Huashan's swordsmanship is exquisite and mysterious. There are only a handful of people in the world who can stop it. Who dares to say the word "break"? Who dares to say the word "extremely broken"?!"
outside the cave.
Feng Qingyang heard the shouting inside and shook his head helplessly.
With a little step, Qinggong was launched, people were floating like clouds and smoke, and after a few ups and downs, they stood on a peak.
He looked at the clouds over the mountains and couldn't help but lose his mind.
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Tibet.
Hong Kang spent ten taels of silver to obtain the "Dragon and Elephant Prajna Skill" from a mountain man.
When I opened it, I saw that it was all crooked Tibetan characters, not Chinese characters.
Pang Qingyang frowned and said, "Brother, these are not Chinese characters. What do you think?"
Hong Kang smiled and said: "It's okay, I can understand."
Pang Qingyang's wonderful eyes widened: "Brother, do you know Tibetan? When did you learn it?"
Ever since she was a child, she had never seen Hong Kang specialize in learning anything, but Hong Kang knew a lot.
Hong Kang smiled and said nothing.
His eyes returned to the parchment in his hand. Yes, it was not a book.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Hong Kang put it down with regret on his face.
Pang Qingyang asked: "Brother, what's wrong? There's something wrong with the content?"
Hong Kang said: "The content is true, but unfortunately it is incomplete, only the first six levels."
Pang Qingyang said: "Then let's look at a few more."
After the two of them bought "Dragon and Elephant Prajna Gong" from three more people, Hong Kang finally gave up the idea of buying the full version of "Dragon and Elephant Prajna Gong" by spending money.
Those three people didn't have everything in their hands. Two of them only had the first four levels, and the remaining one only had the first six levels.
Hong Kang said to Pang Qingyang: "It's right to think about it. If you can really buy the entire "Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique" with some yellow and white things, it won't be the Dharma-protecting magical power of this tantric sect!"
In the end, Hong Kang inquired and found out that at most the first six levels of kung fu were handed down to these Tibetans, because these contents were enough for them to practice.
Some Tibetans may only be in the third or fourth level throughout their lives!
The "Dragon and Elephant Prajna Kung Fu" at this level can only make them physically stronger, more powerful, and more relaxed when hunting. They are not considered masters of martial arts at all.
Hong Kang asked: "I want to ask, how did you get these?"
The Tibetan replied: "That was passed down to us by the venerables on the Snowy Mountains. The venerables promised that as long as they learned the first six levels, they would have the opportunity to become the venerable protectors and serve [Rinpoche]. Under the seat."
When Tibetans talk about this, they look pious and yearning.
Obviously, he was very eager to become a Dharma Protector.
"Thank you for your explanation. At the same time, I also wish you to realize your dream as soon as possible!"
"Tashi Dele!!"
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On the road.
Pang Qingyang asked: "Brother, what does "Rinpoche" mean?"
Hong Kang said: "Do you know that there is a "living Buddha" in Tibet?"
Pang Qingyang nodded. Hong Kang usually mentioned some basic customs and customs occasionally.
"[Rinpoche] means "treasure among people" in Tibetan. Therefore, "Rinpoche" is an honorific title for those who have great knowledge, great wisdom, and great compassion!!"
"This is also the most affectionate and respected honorific title for "Living Buddha" by Tibetan people. When Tibetan people visit or talk about a certain Living Buddha, they usually call him "Rinpoche" instead of the title of Living Buddha, let alone Just call him by his name."
"Also, let me tell you, there is a big difference between Tibetan Buddhism and Central Plains Buddhism..."
While telling Pang Qingyang some legendary stories and places of interest in Tibet, the two headed towards the Snowy Mountains.
Both of them were skilled in martial arts and had extraordinary light skills. In less than two days, they arrived at the foot of the Snowy Mountains.
Looking at the thousand-meter-long glacier, Pang Qingyang sighed at the natural majesty of heaven and earth.
She has never seen such a strange scene since she was a child!
With the Daxue Mountain as the center, its main peak is surrounded by hundreds of ice peaks with an altitude of 5,000 to 6,000 meters, forming a majestic scene of peaks surrounded by snow-capped mountains.
The sky was as green as a wash, clear, transparent, and stunningly beautiful. Pang Qingyang looked at the sky and felt as if his soul had been washed.
Although Hong Kang also enjoyed the beautiful scenery, he was not as shocked as Pang Pang Qingyang.
"Qingyang, don't stand still, let's go up the mountain."
"...Oh...oh uh, here we come, brother."
The Daxue Mountain is so tall and straight that it is far from comparable to the other famous mountains in the Central Plains.
After the two climbed up, they looked around and saw thousands of miles of silver-white snow crawling at the foot of the mountain. The vast field of vision and the sense of accomplishment generated by the height of the mountain were definitely worth the climb.
But the strange thing is that the climate above the glacier is warm, and the two of them don't feel cold even though they are wearing thin shirts.
When Hong Kang saw the temple, he was almost on the mountainside.
The harmony between the temple and the main peak of the Snowy Mountains seems to embody the metaphor of the unity of heaven and man. Like a sacrifice to the gods, it worships the king of mountains calmly but not humbly. Its small size cannot be ignored in front of the huge mountains.
Before Hong Kang entered the temple, a teenage boy Zhaba (a young monk) was already there to greet him.
"Your distinguished guest is here. Master is already waiting in the inner courtyard."
"Does your master know we are coming?"
"Master knows everything."
"so smart……"
